Aren't Republicans supposed to be knuckle-dragging Neanderthals who believe in keeping their wives, barefoot and pregnant, firmly imprisoned in the kitchen?

Sarah Palin is not ready to be President. Fortunately, she doesn't have to be.

The lesson of Prohibition is not that you can't legislate morality; we do that every day.

For Labor Day, we consider those that don't.

Russia has called the bluff of NATO, the "world's greatest alliance."

...is not Barack Obama.

If Al Gore is seriously worried about rising sea levels, he ought to advocate letting us return to unpatented, cheaper Freon.

There's nothing to get a bureaucracy moving like recurring deaths.

Time magazine gets a clue on welfare, and advocates "creating livelihoods."

It is beautiful, shiny, and impressive, and not entirely valueless - but nothing like as glorious as it appears.